Apparel-belt.



C. L. KNOWER.

APPAREL BELT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. I, |915.

1 ,210,083. Patented Dee. 26, 1916.

CHARLES L. KNOWER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

APPAREL-BELT.

Application fried April 1,1915. seriai'ivc. 18,434.

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. KNownn,

a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the State ofMissouri, have 1nvented certain new and useful Improve ments inApparel-Belts, of which the folf lowing' is a specification.

' facing ply ture.

My invention relates to improvements 1n apparel belts, and method ofmaking the saine.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a stitched beltconstruction in which the stitching is wholly concealed.

A further object of my invention is to provide a 'construction andmethod of-operation by which stitched tubular belts may be cheaply andeasily manufactured, whether made of a sing'le leather piece, ormultiple strips, of leather or leather and fabric.

In the drawings whereinv I have illustrated belt constructions embodyingmy invention Figure 1 is a perspective view of a fragment of a belt inprocess of manufacture. Fig. 2 is a similar view of a modified form ofbelt. Fig. 3 is a transverse section through a belt of the constructionillustrated in Fig. 1 in the course of manufac- Fig. 4 is a similar viewthrough a form of belt as indicated in Fig. 2.

Referring to the form of construction shown in Fig. 1, 10 indicates thefacing layer and 11 a backing layer of a one piece tubular belt, the twolayers or plies being connected at a fold l2. The edge 13 of the backingply 11 is laid upon the rear surface of the facing ply 10 so that aborder 14 of said l0 projects beyond the edge 13. his border ispreferably skived to a very thin edge as best indicated in Fig. 2. Theedge 13 is blind-stitched to the front layer 10, preferably by a singlerow of blindstitches 1S that pass through the edge portion of thebacking ply 11 and into and out of the back face of the facing kply 10.In the form of construction shown in Figs. l and 3, I have illustratedthe blind stitching as of a well known form lin which the edge isoverseamed by the overcasting of a bight of thread in connection withthe formation of each stitch, such form of seam being' capable'ofcommercial production upon the Lewis blind stitch sewing machine. Otherforms of blind stitching' may, however, be employed if desired and inthis particular myjiiivention is not restricted to the parn ticularpverseaming form of stitch. When Specification of Letters Patent.

1 the spirit of my invention,

Patented Dec. 26, 1916.

the two layers are thus stitched together the adhesive bearing" surfaceof the border 14 is turned over the blind stitching completely tooverlie and cover the same'as illustrated at the right of Fig. 1 and bythe adhesive body 16, of a suitable glue or cement,fthe skived border isstuck fast to the rear surface of the backing ply. The resultant belt isstrong, firmly joined and neat and attractive in appearance, presentingexternally no evidence of the stitching and yet having its two pliesfiXedly united quite independ-y ently of the gluing' or cementingmaterial 16.

As illustrated in Fig. 2 the facing ply 10 may be wider than the belt toprovide skived borders 14 projecting at both edges beyond 4anindependent backing ply 11; blind stitching 18 may secure both edges ofthe backing ply to the facingply, and both borders 14 may be rolled overand glued. In this way a cheaper belt than that shown in Fig. 1, may bemade, as the stock may be of narrower width than that required for abelt constructed as shown in Fig. l, and also the cover or finishing plymay be made very thin. If desired the backing ply 11 may be of webbingor other suitable fabric or a very cheap grade of leather, and the twoborder strips 14: may be so proportioned ythat when they are folded overand glued they completely cover the back of the belt, although in anall-leat-her belt the borders need be no wider than is necessary tocover the stitching.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that changes indetails of construction may be made without departure from of theappended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. A multiple ply,stitched, apparel belt having a cover ply and a backing ply, saidbacking ply blind stitched to the cover ply to leave extending beyondthe edge of the within the scope backing ply a border portion of thecover e ply and said border portion lapped around and secured over theblind stitching.

2. An apparel belt comprising multiple plies, a backing ply beingsuperimposed on a facing ply to leave the border of said facing plyextending beyond the side edge of said backing ply, a series of sewedstitches, blind in the facing ply and exposed on the back of the backingply, securing said plies together, and an adhesive body securing saidposed thereon7 border portion o the facing ply in position lapped aroundthe edge and back of said backing ply and covering the stitches.

3. A multiple ply stitched apparel belt comprising a Jfacing ply .and abacking ply narrower than the facing ply and superimleaving a border offacing ply extending beyond each side of the backing ply7 a series ofsewed stitches securing the two plies together and extending along eachedge of the backing ply, said stitches being blind in the outer surfaceof the faoing ply, and exposed only on the back sur- CHARLES L. KNOVER.

In the presence of- R. R. TOMPKINS, ADoLPH H. STILLE.

copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

